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To: David K. who wrote (3258)9/17/1998 2:45:00 PM
From: jach  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 12623
 
<after the company announced a stock buy back, a
plan to sell non-core businesses, and a 20% growth targets.>

exactly, and also buying a company doesn't happen overnight; don't forget CIEN just came out from one of this and so for example if a company like cscso wants to get it typically takes at least about a few weeks to come to an agreed upon price; initial high-level talk can happen sooner and quicker though-